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TESTAMENT Guitarist On 'Brotherhood Of The Snake': 'We Just Went For It'

Nik "Captain Catsquid" Coulter of the New Zealand radio show "Cacophony" recently conducted an interview with TESTAMENT guitarist Eric Peterson. You can now listen to the chat using the Mixcloud widget below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the recording process for...

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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM Announces Fall 2016 U.S. Headlining Tour

Veteran Arizona metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, currently on tour in Europe, have announced the first batch of dates for year-end headlining dates as part of their the "Touring the Forbidden Territories Tour 2016/7". Joining FLOTSAM on the run will be old and new friends in the form of Texas old-schoo...

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Brotherhood of the Snake

Using the superlative "instant classic" comes with responsibility. It is also subjective. Thrash titan TESTAMENT has been on a hell of a roll since Alex Skolnick rejoined the band. This is a universal opinion. "Dark Roots of Earth" and "The Formation of Damnation" have made nearly every TESTAMENT fa...

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Magma

Few would have trouble recognizing GOJIRA's unique sound from even a couple seconds of listening. The band's cross-pollination of MESHUGGAH's jagged, rhythmic brutishness with the dark belligerence of Steve Tucker-era MORBID ANGEL has blossomed throughout its discography up until now. GOJIRA has alw...

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Video: TRACII GUNS And PHIL LEWIS Of L.A. GUNS Perform At Whisky A Go Go

Joe Schaeffer Photography has uploaded video footage of L.A. GUNS singer Phil Lewis and the band's co-founding guitarist Tracii Guns performing the song "Over The Edge" on October 6 at the Whisky A Go-Go in Hollywood, California. Check it out below. As previously reported, Lewis and Guns have inked...

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Celebrate Music Of DEEP PURPLE As 'Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp' Welcomes IAN PAICE, STEVE MORSE, GLENN HUGHES

From "Machine Head" to "Burn" to "Perfect Strangers" and beyond, DEEP PURPLE are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock , with founding member Ian Paice along with guitarist extraordinaire Steve Morse and the "voice of rock" Glenn Hughes among the true legends in roc...

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Former KYUSS Frontman JOHN GARCIA To Release Acoustic Album 'The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues'

Former KYUSS frontman John Garcia will release a new studio album, "The Coyote Who Spoke In Tongues", on January 27 via Napalm Records. Normally you would expect some heavy guitars, pounding drums and fuzzy tunes from Mr. Garcia. But not this time, as his new effort is something extremely special an...

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STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER To Be Joined By NICK BOWCOTT On Stage In L.A., Phoenix

STEVE GRIMMETT'S GRIM REAPER, the revamped version of the cult '80s British metal act GRIM REAPER led by Steve Grimmett, will be joined by GRIM REAPER founding member, guitarist and riff writer Nick Bowcott on stage at two of the singer's U.S. fall 2016 tour dates — at the Whisky A Go Go in West ...

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DEICIDE Completes Recording Drums For Next Album

Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE have finished laying down drums for their next studio album, tentatively due early next year via Century Media. DEICIDE drummer Steve Asheim told Metal Wani back in May about the musical direction of the band's new material: "It seems like we're gonna be taking t...

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STEVE VAI: EDDIE VAN HALEN Is 'A Genius' Who 'Brought So Much Inspiration For Me'

Steve Vai spoke to The Press-Enterprise about his years as the guitarist in David Lee Roth's post-VAN HALEN solo band, alongside former TALAS bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Gregg Bissonette. "When I heard Roth was looking for a guitarist, I just knew it was going to be me," Steve said. "Billy She...

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ALICE IN CHAINS Guitarist: Carrying On After LAYNE STALEY's Death Was 'Hardest Thing We Have Ever Done'

During an October 4 appearance on SEX PISTOLS guitarist Steve Jones's radio show, "Jonesy's Jukebox", ALICE IN CHAINS guitarist Jerry Cantrell spoke about the difficulty of resurrecting the band after the death of the group's original frontman Layne Staley in 2002. He said: "Well, we as a band were...

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Former JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist K.K. DOWNING Appears In New HOSTILE Video 'Freedom Act'

Former JUDAS PRIEST guitarist K.K Downing makes an appearance in the video for the song "Freedom Act" from the young British heavy metal act HOSTILE. Downing produced both of HOSTILE's albums so far, 2013's "Eve Of Destruction" and 2016's "New World Disorder", and also co-wrote the song "Addiction"...

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JASON BECKER Is Working On New Album; Here's How You Can Help

Jason Becker, the guitarist/composer who has had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease) for over 27 years, has written a full album of amazing music to be performed and recorded by many of his peers. The effort will comprise of a few compositions that have been waiting for thi...

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BLAZE BAYLEY On Being Fired From IRON MAIDEN: 'It Took Me Four Years Before I Accepted What Had Happened'

Canada's The Metal Voice has produced a three-part tour documentary on former IRON MAIDEN singer Blaze Bayley, focusing on his September 2016 tour of Eastern Canada. You can now watch the entire documentary below. Speaking about landing the IRON MAIDEN singer gig in 1994, Blaze said: "Of course, I w...

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Watch EVANESCENCE Singer AMY LEE's 'If You're a Star' Animated Video

"If You're A Star", the new animated video from Amy Lee, the Grammy Award-winning co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band EVANESCENCE, can be seen below. The song is taken from Lee's children's album, "Dream Too Much", which was released via Amazon. The LP, which features 12 newly recorded son...